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JANUARY 9, 2025

Private investment giant Blackstone, in partnership with smaller investors, is acquiring a majority stake in Citrin Cooperman, a US accounting firm, in a deal that values the company at over $2bn, according to a report by the Financial Times.

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JANUARY 20, 2025

Subsequent acquisitions have expanded the platform’s reach, including Arkansas-based South Ark Electric in September 2019, Tennessee-based Funderburk Electrical Services in October 2020, Florida and Alabama-based Bright Future Electric in September 2021, and Alabama-based Goss Electric in February 2024.

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JANUARY 14, 2025

The firm targets companies with EBITDA ranging from $10 million to $100 million and enterprise values up to $1 billion. billion second fund closure in January 2021. In March 2023, Arcline closed its third fund with $4.5 billion in capital commitments, following its $2.75

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APRIL 7, 2025

The technology giant is down 29% from all-time highs and is currently trading at a lower price than in November 2021 -- a brutal drawdown for shareholders in the wake of this tariff tantrum, further exacerbated by the artificial intelligence (AI) competition coming for the Google Search throne. Today, Airbnb generates net earnings of $2.4

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FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Solina was acquired in June 2021 by Astorg , a Luxembourg-based private equity firm, from Paris-headquartered Ardian. The company has expanded through acquisitions, including Illinois-based Asenzya (October 2021), Illinois-based Saratoga Food Specialties (January 2022), and New Jersey-based Advanced Food Systems (December 2024). .

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JULY 14, 2024

SentinelOne went public via a traditional initial public offering (IPO) at $35 a share on June 30, 2021 but now trades at less than $20. Based on those expectations and the company's enterprise value of $515 million, its stock looks cheap at less than three times this year's sales. And with an enterprise value of $7.08

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FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Headquartered in Dallas, CenterOak makes equity investments ranging from $20 million to $150 million in companies with enterprise values between $50 million and $500 million and EBITDA between $5 million and $35 million. The firm focuses on sectors including business services, industrial services, and consumer services.

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OCTOBER 29, 2024

Fund XI marks the firm’s largest fund to date, continuing the momentum from Nautic Partners X LP , which closed in 2021 with $3.0 Nautic targets majority equity investments ranging from $50 million to $400 million in companies with enterprise values between $100 million and over $1 billion. billion in commitments.

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JULY 19, 2023

I compared these two stocks at the end of 2021 , and claimed Tenable's stronger growth, tighter cost controls, and lower valuation made it a better buy than CyberArk. Its revenue rose 7% in 2020, 8% in 2021, and 18% to $592 million in 2022. Its revenue rose 24% in 2020, 23% in 2021, and 26% to $683 million in 2022.

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MARCH 10, 2025

Expansion opportunities abound While Yeti's 9% sales growth in 2024 is far from the 40% it delivered in 2021, the company's growth potential remains abundant. Compared to the company's enterprise value of just $2.6 Image source: Getty Images.

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JUNE 20, 2023

UiPath (NYSE: PATH) became one of the largest software initial public offerings (IPOs) ever upon its public debut on April 21, 2021. on May 24, 2021. At its peak, UiPath had an enterprise value of $41.3 At its peak, UiPath had an enterprise value of $41.3

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MARCH 6, 2025

Shares of restaurant chain Cracker Barrel (NASDAQ: CBRL) have been steadily sliding downwards since early 2021. As of this writing, its enterprise value is just $1.4 And on Wednesday, the stock was trading close to its lowest price in over a decade. Is Cracker Barrel on the right track?

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DECEMBER 1, 2023

The cruise line operator's revenue plunged in 2020 and 2021 as global travel ground to a halt during the pandemic, and it was forced to take on a lot more debt to stay solvent. Looking back at Carnival's slowdown and recovery In fiscal 2020 and fiscal 2021 (which ended in November 2021), Carnival's revenue and number of passengers plummeted.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Archer Aviation (NYSE: ACHR) and Rocket Lab USA (NASDAQ: RKLB) are both tiny aerospace companies that went public by merging with special purpose acquisition companies ( SPACs ) in 2021. But in 2021, United Airlines (NASDAQ: UAL) placed a $1 billion order for 200 of Archer's eVTOL aircraft.

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JULY 9, 2023

SentinelOne and Twilio initially attracted a lot of attention during the buying frenzy in growth and meme stocks throughout 2021. SentinelOne went public at $35 a share in June 2021, and its share prices more than doubled to a record high of $76.30 in February 2021. Twilio's revenue rose 61% in 2021 but only climbed 35% to $3.83

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JUNE 21, 2024

Cruise lines took on a lot of additional debt during the pandemic-related shutdown in 2020 that lasted well into 2021. Its debt-saddled enterprise value is almost $50 billion. However, based on today's starting line, the point here is that Carnival's enterprise value would have to appreciate by only 160% in six years.

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JANUARY 9, 2024

Shopify (NYSE: SHOP) was one of the market's hottest growth stocks in 2021. Its revenue rose another 57% in 2021, even as the pandemic passed and more brick-and-mortar stores reopened. Its stock looks reasonably valued At its all-time high, Shopify's enterprise value reached $205.7

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JULY 3, 2023

It initially claimed it could produce about 29,000 vehicles in 2021 and 65,000 in 2022 during its SPAC presentation, but it actually delivered 28,677 vehicles in 2021 and 51,491 vehicles in 2022. Based on those estimates and its enterprise value of $9.9 Analysts expect Polestar's revenue to rise 30% to $3.2

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 24, 2024

At 65% larger than its predecessor, Evolution I, which closed at 1.2bn in 2021, Evolution II will target mid-market companies in Northern Europe with enterprise values between 100m and 500m. The re-up rate is reported to have exceeded 100% by capital, with strong commitments from both existing investors and new entrants.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2024

This acquisition marks the seventh platform investment and the twelfth acquisition overall for Branford Castle’s Fund II , which closed in 2021. “We Branford Castle focuses on investing in companies with enterprise values up to $100 million and EBITDA of less than $15 million.

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MAY 6, 2024

over the last 12 months and has been positive every year since going public in 2021. With minimal cash on the balance sheet and over $600 million in debt and tax receivable liabilities with its old private equity owners, the stock has an enterprise value of approximately $1.5 Its consolidated operating margin was 7.6%

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OCTOBER 16, 2023

Duolingo (NASDAQ: DUOL) , a developer of learning apps and language certification tests, went public on July 28, 2021, at $102 per share. Metric 2020 2021 2022 Q1 2023 Q2 2023 Bookings growth (YOY) 116% 55% 46% 37% 41% Revenue growth (YOY) 128% 55% 47% 42% 44% Data source: Duolingo. With an enterprise value of $5.9

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DECEMBER 29, 2023

But during its pre-merger presentation, it declared its revenue would hit $5 million in 2021, triple to $15 million in 2022, and then double to $34 million in 2023. million in 2021 and $11.1 With an enterprise value of $2.57 The combined company's shares started trading at $10.60 about a month later. million in 2022.

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JANUARY 20, 2024

At its peak, its enterprise value reached $70 billion -- or 25 times the revenue it would go on to generate in 2021. From 2015 to 2021, its revenue soared at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 60% from $167 million to $1.76 At the time, investors were dazzled by Twilio's explosive growth rates. billion in 2022.

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JULY 17, 2023

in February 2021, but it remains more than 360% above its IPO price of $15. In 2021, its revenue rose 61%, but a lot of that growth was driven by Segment and Zipwhip. Today, it has a much lower enterprise value of $9.9 Its stock has dropped more than 80% from its record high of $443.49 Image source: Getty Images.

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JANUARY 8, 2025

Metric 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Active Riders 18.6M With an enterprise value of $4.5 Uber, which has an enterprise value of $139 billion, is valued at nearly three times next year's sales. At its current enterprise value, Lyft trades at just 7 times the low end of that FCF forecast.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2023

After nearly doubling in value from 2020 to late 2021, Semtech stock is now down more than 80% from those late 2021 all-time-highs and remains near multi-decade lows. As for the cost of acquiring Sierra Wireless, Semtech paid an enterprise value of $1.2 Shares currently trade for about 2.7

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JUNE 23, 2023

Period EPS Estimate EPS Actual Surprise Q3 2021 ($1.25) ($1.55) (24%) Q4 2021 ($1.27) ($1.52) (20%) Q1 2022 ($1.26) ($1.66) (32%) Q2 2022 ($1.17) ($1.64) (40%) Q3 2022 ($0.13) ($0.58) (287%) Q4 2022 ($0.87) ($0.85) 2% Q1 2023 ($0.60) ($0.55) 8% Data source: Yahoo! The end result is that Carnival's current enterprise value of $50.7

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FEBRUARY 28, 2025

A post-sugar high crash After going public at the height of the IPO market in mid-2021, Krispy Kreme has crashed to an all-time low this week. Krispy Kreme management noted it expects to be in 6,000 McDonald's by the end of 2025 and 12,000 by the end of 2026.

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JULY 14, 2024

Roblox (NYSE: RBLX) went public via a direct listing on March 10, 2021, and its stock opened at $64.50. That approach made it popular with tween players during the apex of the pandemic in 2020 and 2021. Based on that estimate and its enterprise value of $24.1

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AUGUST 14, 2023

Demand recovers -- mostly for the 737 MAX 8 Between early 2019 and early 2021, Boeing's 737 MAX order backlog plunged by over 30% as customers canceled orders because of the 737 MAX grounding and the pandemic. Boeing Enterprise Value , data by YCharts. However, orders have rebounded over the past couple of years.

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DECEMBER 5, 2023

UiPath (NYSE: PATH) has been a volatile stock ever since its initial public offering (IPO) in April 2021. At its peak, UiPath's enterprise value reached $41 billion, or 46 times the revenue it would generate in fiscal 2022 (which ended in January 2022). a month later. Image source: Getty Images.

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OCTOBER 15, 2024

Many electric vehicle (EV) stocks soared to all-time highs in 2021. Nio's deliveries more than doubled in both 2020 and 2021 but only grew 34% in 2022 and 31% in 2023. in February 2021 to around its initial public offering (IPO) price of $6.26, as of this writing. That's why Nio's stock dropped from its all-time high of $62.84

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JUNE 19, 2023

The company may not have been the fastest growth stock on the planet (posting 18% sales growth in fiscal 2021, for example), but it hoped to put its IPO proceeds to work and grow sales: 47% in fiscal 2023 51% in fiscal 2024 55% in fiscal 2025 This is all before leveling out at 54% growth in fiscal 2026.

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OCTOBER 1, 2024

Its deliveries more than doubled in both 2020 and 2021, but they slowed down significantly in 2022 and 2023. Metric 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 1H 2024 Deliveries 20,565 43,728 91,429 122,486 160,038 87,426 Growth (YOY) 81% 113% 109% 34% 31% 60% Data source: Nio. in 2021 to 9.5% With an enterprise value of 93.41

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

At its peak, Nikola had an enterprise value of $28.7 Instead, it was being valued based entirely on the ambitious production targets it set during its pre-merger presentation in March 2020. At the time, it claimed it could sell 600 battery-powered electric vehicles (BEVs) in 2021, 1,200 BEVs in 2022, and 3,500 BEVs in 2023.

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MARCH 13, 2024

That decline reduced Sea's enterprise value to $29 billion, which is just 2 times its projected sales and 21 times its adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) for 2024. A $50,000 investment in its IPO would have blossomed into $1.2 Image source: Getty Images.

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